stormwater News
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Florida stormwater management inspectors flood Granite Environmental
Five more qualified and certified Florida Stormwater Management Inspectors beef up Granite Environmental, giving them a grand total seven certified in-house inspectors! For two full days the participants studied and tested to complete the Florida Stormwater Erosion and Sedimentation Control Inspector Program, held in Palm Bay, FL on February 2-3. Hal Lundsford, of the Department of Environmental ...
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WaStop installation 15 years on …
Mönsterås in Sweden was one of the early WaStop Inline Check Valve installations. The issue faced was high sea levels during onshore winds. This caused the sea water to be forced up into the stormwater system, leading to back flow into the sewer system through the emergency overflow pipes. This in turn caused flooding in low lying houses upstream as well as surface flooding in low ...
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Stormwater upgrades will help keep Florida`s Naples Bay clean
The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board has authorized $1.5 million for a city of Naples stormwater improvement project benefiting Naples Bay. The district funds are part of the total $7.7 million effort. The funding will allow the city to implement a broad range of stormwater improvements, including pump station upgrades, storm sewer upgrades, swale restoration, creation of ...
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Drainage Cell Technology: Singhal Industries Introducing a Revolutionary New Step in Stormwater Management
Singhal Industries has revolutionized stormwater management with the introduction of their new drainage cell technology. This innovative product is affordable and easy-to-use, making it an ideal solution for home and commercial property owners looking to reduce flooding risks and increase water quality. What Are Drainage Cells? Drainage cells are modular systems that work to reduce flooding and ...
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EPA to Assist Camden, New Jersey Community Group to Reduce Water Pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the Cooper’s Ferry Partnership in Camden, New Jersey has been selected to receive $70,000 worth of technical assistance to advance projects aimed at reducing water pollution in Camden. The EPA will provide the assistance to help estimate the benefits of the Camden SMART (Stormwater Management And Resource Training) Initiative. ...
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EPA Software helps reduce water pollution as part of President’s Climate Action Plan
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the National Stormwater Calculator, an innovative addition to the administration’s virtual climate resilience toolkit. EPA’s new calculator will help property owners, developers, landscapers, and urban planners make informed land-use decisions to protect local ...
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Green Infrastructure Porous Pavement Project Completed in Arlington, Mass.
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency joined community members and officials from Arlington, Mass. to celebrate the completion of a porous pavement parking lot at Hurd Field that will help protect water quality in a local stream. In the summer of 2012, EPA collaborated with the Town of Arlington on a project to pave the Hurd Field parking lot and educate community members and municipal ...
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Horry County in South Carolina awarded a First Annual EPA Region 4 Rain Catcher Award
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Horry County with the regional 2014 EPA Rain Catcher Award in the Neighborhood/Community Category for the Crabtree Swamp Restoration Project in Conway, South Carolina. The award was given at an award ceremony during the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4/International Erosion Control Association Municipal Wet Weather Stormwater ...
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EPA Kicks Off Campus RainWorks Challenge to Develop Innovative Approaches to Stormwater Management
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is launching its fourth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge for undergraduate and graduate students to design green infrastructure systems to reduce stormwater pollution and increase resiliency to climate change. Student teams, working with a faculty advisor, will propose green infrastructure projects for their campuses, demonstrating how managing ...
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NACWA Applauds Udall, Edwards for Reintroduction of Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Legislation
NACWA Applauds Udall, Edwards for Reintroduction of Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Legislation Yesterday, Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD) re-introduced legislation to provide critical support to innovative stormwater strategies, improving our ability to effectively manage polluted runoff and sewage overflows while relieving pressure on aging infrastructure. ...
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Five Large Wastop Protect Osijek, Croatia
The Drava River is one of the five largest tributaries of the Danube River, and flows through five different countries to its mouth downstream of Osijek. The Drava’s main tributary is the Mura River, and the two meet in Croatia to form a unique natural river mouth. The river has a history of flooding and causing extensive damage to the surrounding towns and farms. In an effort to mitigate ...
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Stormwater Catch Basin Filters
A proposed new ASTM International standard will offer a means to reduce the impact of contaminated stormwater entering local drains. WK45326, Specification for Stormwater Catch Basin Filter, will aid community developments, sports facilities, fairgrounds, stadiums and factories in complying with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency clean water initiatives. “Inlet protection has become part ...
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City of Knoxville to Sue Knox County Over Stormwater
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, October 8, 2007 (ENS) - The City of Knoxville has declared its intention to sue Knox County over differences in their stormwater ordinances. The conflict has been brewing for years, but came to a head in late September when country commissioners gave final approval to a new stormwater ordinance. The county agreed in 2001 under the Urban Growth Agreement to make its ...
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EPA Honors Kansas State University student and faculty team
EPA announced today that Kansas State University (KSU), Manhattan, Kan., was awarded honorable mention among larger institutions in EPA’s first-ever Campus RainWorks Challenge competition. Stormwater is one of the most widespread challenges to water quality in the nation. Large volumes of stormwater pollute our nation’s streams, rivers and lakes, posing a threat to human health and ...
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Tell EPA About Your Green Infrastructure Project
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a poster contest to highlight green infrastructure and low-impact development projects in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. Did your business build a parking garage with a green roof? Do your city government buildings harvest rainwater? EPA wants to hear about projects like these in preparation for the EPA Region 6 ...
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Ayer, Mass. developer protects wetlands to settle clean water violations
The owner and general contractor of a residential development in Ayer, Mass., have agreed to pay a penalty of $27,500 and to donate a 7.6-acre parcel to the town to settle EPA claims that they discharged pollutants into nearby waters without the required stormwater permit and failed to apply for this permit. According to the agreement signed recently with EPA’s New England office, Crabtree ...
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SEH Wins Coveted “Grand Award” for Engineering Excellence
Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH®) received the coveted “Grand Award” from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of South Dakota on Nov. 12, 2011 for outstanding achievement in water resources engineering in Brookings, S.D. The annual gala event was held at the Minnehaha Country Club in Sioux Falls, S.D. The SEH team ...
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Nevada stormwater flood declared an official disaster
President Bush has approved Nevada's request for a major disaster declaration for Lyon County. This declaration provides federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms and flooding. The storms caused a rupture in a levee near the California border that sent water gushing into the town of Fernley. The flood cut off as many as 400 homes and ...
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Drening for Stormwater Management at Orio Al Serio Airport in Bergamo
The parking lot of Orio al Serio Airport in Bergamo has recently been affected by expansion works which allowed to add 1500 car parks to the other 1500 already existing ones. Paving a large ground surface is an intervention that affects rainwater’s natural infiltration into the subsoil, with the consequent risk of floodings and damages to public and private property, including ...
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EPA Helping Five State Capitals Develop Green Infrastructure, Improve Climate Resiliency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will provide technical assistance to help five capital cities develop green infrastructure that will contribute to greener, more vibrant neighborhoods and increase resiliency from the impacts of our changing climate. EPA selected the following cities for this year’s Greening America’s Capitals program through a ...
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